Gradford v. Mejia et al

Filing 4

ORDER GRANTING 2 Motion to Proceed IFP signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 4/18/2017. (Attachments: # 1 IFP Motion) (Sant Agata, S)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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1:17-cv-00528-SAB (PC)

WILLIAM J. GRADFORD,

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
(ECF No. 2)

Plaintiff,
v.
MEJIA, et al.,

and
Defendant.

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT
OF INMATE FILING FEE BY STANISLAUS
COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

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Plaintiff William J. Gradford, proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42

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U.S.C. ' 1983, commenced this suit on April 14, 2017. Plaintiff has filed a request for leave to

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proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 1915. (ECF No. 2.)

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Plaintiff has made the showing required by ' 1915(a) and accordingly, the request to

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proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is obligated to pay the statutory filing fee of

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$350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(b)(1). Plaintiff is obligated to make monthly payments

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in the amount of twenty percent of the preceding month’s income credited to plaintiff=s trust

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account. The Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department is required to send to the Clerk of the Court

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payments from plaintiff=s account each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, until the

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statutory filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(b)(2).
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In accordance with the above and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY

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ORDERED that:

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1.

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2) is GRANTED;

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2.

Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis, filed April 14, 2017 (ECF No.

The Stanislaus County Sheriff or his designee shall collect payments from

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plaintiff=s prison trust account in an amount equal to twenty per cent (20%) of the

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preceding month’s income credited to the prisoner’s trust account and shall forward those

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payments to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in the account exceeds $10.00, in

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accordance with 28 U.S.C. ' 1915(b)(2), until a total of $350.00 has been collected and

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forwarded to the Clerk of the Court. The payments shall be clearly identified by the name

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and number assigned to this action;

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The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order and a copy of

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plaintiff=s in forma pauperis application on the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department, via the

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court’s electronic case filing system (CM/ECF); and

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The Clerk of the Court is directed to serve a copy of this order on the Financial

Department, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

April 18, 2017
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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